Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(30/01/2013 07:30)wirralbus Wrote:  

(29/01/2013 23:06)M60lad Wrote:  Not to sure which ones but earlier this afternoon I spotted 2 192 branded Hybrid Enviro 400s heading Stockport bound on A57 past Tescos at Gorton

Also other news is that from the next timetable change one tender that Stagecoach Manchester has picked up is the evening 247s from Arriva and apparently route learning for 247s starts next Monday and it will be Stockport Depot that's going to be operating the service, they've also got the 372 from Bakerbus as well from the same date

Arriva do seem to be less and less interested in operations in and around Manchester in recent years , Stagecoach taking any work that can be accomodated around there depots .

To be fairly honest, arriva don't really have depots nearer to their routes, for example the Stockport metroshuttle is ran by their Wythenshawe depot which is barely even close to Stockport. If you want to compare the distance from stagecoach's Stockport depot to the bus station, it's not even a mile away, yet arrivas depot is a trek in comparison to Stagecoach's depot. :L